Oklacon

Oklacon, held since 2003 (originally as "Festival of the Feral") at Oklahoma's Roman Nose State Park and billed as "the world's largest outdoor furry convention," has been cancelled for 2015, and probably permanently. The convention's website now contains an announcement of the cancellation:

So, it is with a sad and heavy heart that we inform you that Oklacon is cancelled this year and indefinitely.

We understand the extreme disappointment and trouble this will cause those who had planned to attend this year’s iteration of the world’s largest outdoor furry convention. We understand some may have arranged travel, time-off, or forfeited other plans to attend Oklacon - and to those who have been adversely impacted by the State of Oklahoma’s decision - we are extremely disappointed too.

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having an awesome spring, and as summer approaches, all the Oklacon staff are kicking it into high gear to start bringing everything together for our most excellent convention, Oklacon 2006 in October. Here's some of the things we're working on right now!

GUESTS OF HONOR!Oklacon is proud to announce it's 2006 Guests of Honor will be Goldenwolf and Lightfoot Kyohti. Goldenwolf has eagerly accepted our offer to join us in 2006 as one of our guests of honor! An accomplished and well-known artist in the fandom, Goldenwolf has steadily worked on her style and techniques to include other genres including fantasy, wildlife, and pagan/spiritual themes. Lightfoot Kyohti is a native Oklahoma artist with impressive skill, who also has a black belt in Spaghetti.

2006 THEME ANNOUNCED: RUFFIN' ITOklacon 2006’s theme is “Ruffin’ It”, a reflection of the nature of Oklacon, the United States’ only outdoor and most affordable convention. Hosted in scenic Roman Nose State Park, our family of loyal attendees returns every year for our refreshing change of pace from hotel cons. Our Art Director is hungry for your artwork and stories to include on our website or conbook. If you thought about visiting our family this year, or have submissions for our theme, please visit our site for details.

PREREG CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!Jared Fox is the winner of the first drawing for our preregistration contest! For a limited time, every two to three weeks the Art Director is drawing names of preregistered and prepaid attendees for Oklacon 2006 to win prizes including free conbadge commissions, commemorative Oklacon t-shirts, and other goodies. Visit www.oklacon.com to preregister for Oklacon 2006 for your chance to win!

Well.. it's time to vote on this years Oklacon T-shirt image. The images are posted in the "photos" folder of the "oklacon_talk" yahoo group, and there's a poll created for you to vote on your favorite image.

Oklacon is in it's third year at Roman nose state park in Watonga, Oklahoma during halloween weekend.

The convention itself is the least expensive convention to attend with pre-registration beginning at $26 which includes a bunk in an "A-frame" in which you can sleep and some meals provided for during the convention.

Oklacon is back and bigger than ever! Now in its second year of running you will find them again at Roman Nose State Park in Watonga, Oklahoma. This will be a fun-filled four-day furry extravaganza from Thursday, Oct 28th through Sunday Oct 31st.

Time is quickly running out to pre-register for this year's Festival of the Feral. There's just under a week left - preregistration closes on Sunday, October 19th, at 11:59pm.
Festival of the Feral is a new furry gathering and convention that is taking place in America's Heartland, in the state of Oklahoma, this Samhain/Halloween weekend. Our Guest of Honor is Nexxus, of FurNation fame.

If you'd like to join us this year, visit our official webpage at http://www.oklacon.com/. There you'll find information on exactly where we'll be this year, as well as a schedule of events, and our registration form.

Looks like we have another new furry con coming up. OklaCon Festival of the Feral will take place at Roman Nose State Park near Watonga, OK, on Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, 2003. Pre-registration deadline is Oct. 19.

Note from mwalimu: I am not affiliated with this con and hadn't heard of it until I followed a weblink. If you have any further information about it, favorable or otherwise, please post a comment.